A.I. Made The News Again
The FAIK Files
How SCA Automates Regional News
Report excerpt outlines voice cloning, staff cuts, and the company's push to generate and distribute many local bulletins.
Welcome back to The FAIK Files!
In this week's episode:
- Can AI models get "brain rot" just like humans?
- We look at how AI-generated videos are now fooling major news outlets.
- An Australian radio group goes all-in on AI for its news media.
- AI enters our world in some very awkward ways, including weddings and chatbot religion.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Can AI Get “Brain Rot”??:
- Sent in by discord member and future paperclip, Bullethead!
- The Authors’ Overview Page: https://llm-brain-rot.github.io
- The Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.13928
- Wired Article: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-social-media-cognitive-decline-study/
Fox News reported AI videos as real news:
- https://www.readtpa.com/p/fox-news-ran-ai-generated-racist
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-called-reporting-ai-210804379.html
- https://x.com/KFILE/status/1984673901872558291
- https://www.tiktok.com/@recent.news0/video/7557515461475257613
Australian Radio Group goes All-In on AI News:
- Sent in by discord community member and future paperclip, MoreBlessing!
- MediaWatch: https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/sca/105966556
- Statement from SCA: https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1508c76699ebaecead8eb8d29cd485f6
- Recent Job Cuts Linked to AI: https://www.mediaweek.com.au/exclusive-ai-efficiencies-linked-to-recently-announced-sca-newsroom-cuts/
AI Entering our world in awkward ways (3 – or maybe 4 – quick hits):
- An AI wedding: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/luizajarovsky_breaking-this-32-year-old-woman-in-japan-ugcPost-7394398832010215424-hZVJ/
- ChatBot Jesus: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-ai-plus-d22a8098-9105-4548-8975-1aeb376eb9f0.html
- Russia gets in on the humanoid robot game: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1354346988867939
- Bonus??? Truth Social AI bot turns against GOP narratives: https://youtu.be/0WQbLn_ehgY?si=mtQ4-SxPWvNhqJJx&t=79
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
- Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)
- Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com
Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA
Want to connect with us? Here's how:
Connect with Perry:
- Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter
- Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter
- Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social
Connect with Mason:
- Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/
- Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing
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